/* background elements */
.dos_seal_top {
	background-image: url(../images/dos_seal_top.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.dos_masthead {
	background-image: url(../images/dos_masthead.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
}
.dos_masthead_tile {
	background-image: url(../images/dos_masthead_tile.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
.tab_gradient {
	background-image: url(../images/tab_gradient.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.tab_shadow {
	background-image: url(../images/shd_tile.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: left top;
}
.tab_shadow_yel {
	background-image: url(../images/shd_tile_yel.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: left top;
}
.home_shadow {
	background-image: url(../images/shd_home.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
}
.home_shadow_yel {
	background-image: url(../images/shd_home_yel.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
}
.inp_shadow {
	background-image: url(../images/shd_inp.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
}
.tnb_shadow {
	background-image: url(../images/shd_tnb.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
}
.yne_shadow {
	background-image: url(../images/shd_yne.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
}
.asd_shadow {
	background-image: url(../images/shd_asd.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
}
.bkg_photo_ctrl {
	background-image: url(../images/bkg_photo_ctrl.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: left top;
}
.in_other_news {
	background-image: url(../images/hdr_in_other_news.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.remembering911 {
	background-image: url(../images/hdr_remembering911.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.in_other_news_tile {
	background-image: url(../images/bkg_in_other_news_tile.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.regional_bureaus {
	background-image: url(../images/hdr_regional_bureaus.gif);	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.highlights {
	background-image: url(../images/hdr_highlights.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.issues_and_press {
	background-image: url(../images/hdr_issues_and_press.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.travel_and_business {
	background-image: url(../images/hdr_travel_and_business.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.youth_and_education {
	background-image: url(../images/hdr_youth_and_education.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.about_state_department {
	background-image: url(../images/hdr_about_state_dept.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.tier2_header_tile {
	background-image: url(../images/bkg_tier2_header_tile.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
.link_list_tile {
	background-image: url(../images/bkg_link_list.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: left top;
}
.link_list_end {
	background-image: url(../images/end_link_list.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: right top;
}
/* background elements */
.date {  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff}

/* link elements */
a {color:#0000FF; visited:#0000FF}
a.lnkwhite10px:link {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #ffffff;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkwhite10px:visited {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #ffffff;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkwhite10px:hover {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #ffffff;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
a.lnkwhite10px:active {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #ffffff;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
a.lnkblack10px:link {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkblack10px:visited {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkblack10px:hover {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkblack10px:active {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkdkblu10px:link {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkdkblu10px:visited {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkdkblu10px:hover {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
a.lnkdkblu10px:active {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
a.lnkdkblu10pxbld:link {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkdkblu10pxbld:visited {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkdkblu10pxbld:hover {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
a.lnkdkblu10pxbld:active {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
a.lnkdkblu12pxbld:link {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkdkblu12pxbld:visited {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a.lnkdkblu12pxbld:hover {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
a.lnkdkblu12pxbld:active {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
/* link elements */

/* text elements */
.txtwhite10px {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #ffffff;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.txtwhite12px {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #ffffff;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight:  normal;
}
.txtdkred18px {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #9c0000;
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 18px;
}
.txtdkblu10px {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
}
.bigyellow {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #CBA700; font-size: 12px; font-weight:bold;
}
.txtblack10px {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 10px;
}
.txtblack10pxbld {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.txtblack10pxbld2 {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.txtblack11pxbld {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.txtred11pxbld {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #9c0000;
	font-size: 11px;	
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.txtred10pxbld {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #9c0000;
	font-size: 10px;	
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.txtdkblu10pxbld {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.txtdkblu10pxbld2 {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.txtdkblu10pxbld2:hover {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-decoration: underline;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.txtdkblu10pxbldital {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000063;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-style: italic;
}
a.txtblack12pxbldundrl {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.txtblack14px {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 18px;
}
.txtblack12px {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: normal;
	line-height: 18px;
}
.footer_links01, .footer_links02, .footer_text {
	line-height: 14px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 10px;
}
img.img_border {
	border-color: #9c9a9c;
}
img.img_border_main_photo {
	border-color: #000000;
}
/* text elements */

/* form elements */
.input01 {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background-color: #e0e0e0;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 9px;
	font-weight: normal;
	width: 100px;
	height: 16px;
	margin-right: 5px;
	margin-left: 5px;
}
/* form elements */